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you hear my words.” Chandarudra said, "May my charming one order," Laxmi said, “ Hear. I am the daughter of merchant Kārtika, the resident of Mākandi. My name is Laxmimati. I am married to Dharana, the foe of my former life. I do not like my husband. He is asleep here in this temple. So accept me; leave the stolen objects here, and let him obtain the condition befitting his actions. Even though you may be arrested and taken before the king, when the night has waned, I shall say, 'This is my husband and not that.' Then he will be a present to the divine god of death."
Chandarudra said, " () charming one, it will be so; but I am fettered hand and foot. Hence, all people will know you here to be my wife whose name is unworthy to be repeated."
Laxmi said, “ If that is so, what is the remedy ?"
Chandarudra said, " There is here a remedy, if there is little water. "
She said “How ?”
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